FOI requests reveal which police forces use crime prediction software
A number of freedom of information (FOI) requests carried out by The Canary have revealed the number of police forces ...
Tag: #ResistBigBrother
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Revamp of Official Secrets Act could pave the way for more surveillance
The Home Office is currently carrying out a consultation on reforms to the Official Secrets Act. There are a range ...
Cost of policing database rises to £1.1bn. But there’s an even bigger hidden cost to the public.
The future of a billion pound police database is under question. The National Law Enforcement Database Service (NLEDS), which the ...
Exclusive: Met Police refuses to tell us if it holds information on The Canary
The Metropolitan Police response to a freedom of information (FOI) request has, once again, left us wanting. As part of the ...
Exclusive: Home Office employees refused to respond to our journalists
A freedom of information request to the Home Office has revealed a reluctance from press officers to respond to requests ...
Home Office is accused of bypassing parliament to rollout facial recognition cameras
The bodies have also accused police and the Home Office of bypassing Parliament on the issue.
Gavin Williamson is facing legal action for trying to censor schools
Education secretary Gavin Williamson is facing legal action following a letter he sent to schools on 28 May about "antisemitic ...
Daniel Morgan inquiry shows public scrutiny under threat
The recent Daniel Morgan Independent Panel inquiry has found the Metropolitan police to be institutionally corrupt. Unsurprisingly, the panel found ...
New research reveals how UK police perform a ‘digital strip search’ at UK borders
The author is part of Shoal Collective and is one of the authors of the report highlighted in this piece. ...
Counter-terror police are using a lack of transparency to evade public scrutiny
Counter-terror strategies in the UK have come under lots of scrutiny for racist and Islamophobic policies. The Canary sent out ...
Children among those allegedly terrorised in Nazareth police ’torture room’
Content warning: This piece contains graphic accounts of violence that some may find distressing. Adalah - the Legal Center for Arab ...
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Explosive evidence shows counter-terror police use health workers to surveil patients
NHS mental health services already have worrying ties to the police. And now, damning new information has come to light. Counter-terror ...
‘Extreme right wing’ terrorism on the rise as the Home Office focuses on Muslims
Over the course of 2020, we can see from Home Office statistics that 'Islamist extremism' and 'extreme right-wing' are types ...
Aftermath of counter-terror raid takes toll on Muslim family
This article was updated on 13 April at 11:20 to include a comment from the Metropolitan Police. Counter-terror raids are ...
Government ‘secret Orwellian unit’ takes blacklisting journalists to a new level
The UK government has allegedly set up an 'Orwellian' unit to blacklist journalists and act as a clearing house for ...
Human rights watchdog claims that thousands were detained unlawfully in Belarus, including its staff
Human rights centre Viasna has stated that its staff were detained unlawfully for a second time by Belarus authorities. The ...
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